This is the information page about the shipwreck Gyda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 0 N,10 0 W (56, -10)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: GYDA
Length 74.7 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1591 ton
Cause: built 1920. was torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u-58 whilst on passage glasgow to bathurst, new brunswick. owned at time of loss by skibs a/s william hansens rederi.
Water depth above wreck: 2200 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560000N, 100000W. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 56 0 N,10 0 W